USPTO Art Unit 3698 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 3698
Group: 3690
Tech Center: 3600
Total Cases: 1,552
Last Active: June 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19252577Platform for Digitally Twinning Subjects into AI AgentsJune 2025February 2026Allow710NoNo
19202148OFFLINE CRYPTO ASSET CUSTODIANMay 2025November 2025Allow610NoNo
19197841SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAMLESSLY PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY IN A LEGACY SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTUREMay 2025October 2025Allow510YesNo
19091762DISTRIBUTED PRIVATE LEDGER SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2025September 2025Allow620NoNo
19109719DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTIONS VIA A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORKMarch 2025November 2025Allow800NoNo
19053850METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING FALSE POSITIVES FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTION FRAUD MONITORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEFebruary 2025February 2026Allow1201NoNo
18975367OFFLINE CRYPTO ASSET CUSTODIANDecember 2024February 2025Allow200YesNo
18973784TRANSACTION PROCESSING DEVICE, TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2024January 2026Allow1400NoNo
18964180BLOCKCHAIN INTEROPERABILITY SYSTEMNovember 2024July 2025Allow811YesNo
18952112System and Computer Implemented Method for Generating and Transmitting Tokenized Card InformationNovember 2024February 2026Allow1410NoNo
18928524CONTROL TOWER FOR PROSPECTIVE TRANSACTIONSOctober 2024March 2026Allow1610NoNo
18921984BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DOMAIN NAME REGISTRAR AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMOctober 2024September 2025Abandon1120NoNo
18914532SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR READER DEVICE REGISTRATION, USE AND MANAGEMENTOctober 2024April 2025Allow600NoNo
18910221AUTO-SEGMENTATION OF NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS USING MACHINE LEARNINGOctober 2024February 2026Allow1610NoNo
18907831SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRUST-MINIMIZED REAL-TIME VALUE-EXCHANGE AND LIQUIDITY REPLENISHMENTOctober 2024December 2024Allow200YesNo
18829791TEMPORARY CONSENSUS NETWORKS IN A RESOURCE TRANSFER SYSTEMSeptember 2024October 2025Allow1400NoNo
18811943NATIVE TOKEN BRIDGINGAugust 2024February 2026Allow1830YesNo
18812013METHOD AND SYSTEM OF INTEGRATING BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY WITH EXISTING COMPUTER ARCHITECTUREAugust 2024February 2026Allow1810NoNo
18809084DYNAMIC MULTI-PATH TRANSFERSAugust 2024January 2026Allow1700YesNo
18794050Voting AppAugust 2024June 2025Abandon1010NoNo
18791746User Authentication Based on Account Transaction Information in Text FieldAugust 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18791191USING BLOCKCHAIN TO IMPROVE STANDARDS COMPLIANCEJuly 2024March 2026Abandon1910YesNo
18770990Method for authenticating and anti-counterfeiting coffee machines or coffee grindersJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18762500ELECTRONIC PAYMENT NETWORK SECURITYJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18746255FLEXIBLE AUTHENTICATIONJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18744152NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS WITH STATIC ATTRIBUTES ON CHAIN AND DYNAMIC ATTRIBUTES OFF CHAINJune 2024March 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18737676SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR ENABLING DISTRIBUTED TEMPORARY CONTROL OF DISCRETE UNITS OF AN ASSETJune 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18717089A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENFORCEABLE AND DIVISIBLE TOKENIZATION OF PROPERTYJune 2024March 2026Abandon2110NoNo
18675519TRANSFER COSTS IN A RESOURCE TRANSFER SYSTEMMay 2024March 2026Abandon2130NoNo
18670606ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED BLOCK EMBEDDINGMay 2024January 2026Allow1910YesNo
18666252OFFLINE CRYPTO ASSET CUSTODIANMay 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18657526SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A TRANSACTION CARD HAVING A CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYMay 2024October 2025Allow1720YesNo
18653513Embedding Privacy Measures Into A Distributed LedgerMay 2024October 2025Allow1700YesNo
18650591SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT USING AUTOMATIC COIN SELECTIONApril 2024November 2025Allow1900NoNo
18649965ELECTRONIC PAYMENT PROCESSING USING ADJUSTED INTERCHANGE RATEApril 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18647675SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AUTONOMOUS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED SKILLS EXCHANGES BETWEEN AGENTS OVER A NETWORKApril 2024April 2025Allow1200NoNo
18643971Method And System For Presenting Representations Of Payment Accepting Unit EventsApril 2024July 2024Allow310NoNo
18642794AUTOMATED DATA TOKENIZATION THROUGH NETWORKED SENSORSApril 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18640420INTEGRATED GLOBAL TOKENIZATION SYSTEMApril 2024October 2025Allow1801YesNo
18640204SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRAWLING AND ANALYZING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER DATAApril 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18639887PAYMENT SYSTEMApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18634967SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE OFFER GENERATIONApril 2024November 2025Allow1910NoNo
18700131DELEGATED CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2024March 2025Allow1111YesNo
18698751METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED BLOCKCHAIN FUNCTIONALITIESApril 2024March 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18623558RISK DETERMINATION ENABLED CRYPTO CURRENCY TRANSACTION SYSTEMApril 2024June 2025Allow1510NoNo
18621983METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ACCRETIVE VALUE STORE LOYALTY CARD PROGRAMMarch 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18617919SYSTEM, PLATFORM, AND METHOD FOR HIERARCHICALLY LINKED SMART CONTRACTS AND TOKENIZED VERIFICATIONMarch 2024March 2026Abandon2311NoNo
18616169METADATA PROCESS, WITH STATIC AND EVOLVING ATTRIBUTES, INTRODUCED INTO TOKENIZATION STANDARDSMarch 2024January 2026Allow2240YesNo
18615849SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFECTING A SECURE EVENTMarch 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18614232PAYER-CONTROLLED PAYMENT PROCESSINGMarch 2024May 2024Allow200NoNo
18608238Private Computation of Multi-Touch AttributionMarch 2024January 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18608510DECENTRALIZED FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY BLOCKCHAINMarch 2024April 2025Abandon1220NoNo
18693136SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENTLY MANAGING CALLOUTSMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18602220ON-DEMAND APPLICATIONS TO EXTEND WEB SERVICESMarch 2024June 2025Allow1520YesNo
18596273SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEAMLESSLY PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS USING DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY IN A LEGACY SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTUREMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210YesNo
18595370PERSONAL HELPER BOT SYSTEM WITH EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS IN GENEALOGY AND MUSIC PLAYLIST CURATIONMarch 2024January 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18591584Single Point of CreationFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2410NoNo
18590110TRANSACTION FLOWFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1711NoNo
18588772AUTOMATED CAMPAIGN CONFIGURATION SWITCHING FRAMEWORKFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18585544KNOWLEDGE-BASED AUTHENTICATION FOR ASSET WALLETSFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1701NoNo
18444025METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A PROXY TOKENFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010YesNo
18444526TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION PROCESS USING BLOCKCHAINFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610YesNo
18443372NON-CUSTODIAL, RECOVERABLE WALLET THAT STORES PRIVATE KEY AMONGST MULTIPLE SECURE STORAGE MECHANISMSFebruary 2024February 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18442477DIGITAL PLATFORM FOR SELLING SAFE FOODFebruary 2024December 2025Abandon2201NoNo
18440323SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY RETRIEVING AN ATTRIBUTE VALUE OF AN IDENTITY CLAIM FROM AN ISSUING PARTY USING A DIGITALLY SIGNED ACCESS TOKENFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320NoNo
18439661DYNAMIC MULTI-PATH TRANSFERSFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1910YesNo
18439749CRYPTOGRAPHIC DIGITAL ASSET ARCHITECTURE WITH SELECTIVELY-LOCKABLE DYNAMIC EVOLUTIONFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18439751CRYPTOGRAPHIC DIGITAL ASSET ARCHITECTURE WITH SELECTIVELY-LOCKABLE DYNAMIC EVOLUTIONFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2320NoNo
18435914TRANSACTION ASSISTANCE SYSTEMFebruary 2024September 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18433292AUTOMATED CHANNEL MANAGEMENT FOR A SECOND-LAYER PAYMENT PROTOCOL NETWORK VIA DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION AND SIMULATIONFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18430580DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATIONS COMPLETING REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONSFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18429397USING AN INTERNAL LEDGER WITH BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310YesNo
18424829Method and System to Generate Patent Claim ChartsJanuary 2024December 2025Abandon2301NoNo
18421207PREMISES SECURITY SYSTEM WITH SECURE EMBEDDED CRYPTOCURRENCY STORAGEJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18417171Linked Account System Using Personal Digital Key (PDK-LAS)January 2024May 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18415938SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A DIGITAL TRADING PLATFORM TO TRADE SECURITIES ON A BLOCKCHAINJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310NoNo
18578971REVOCATION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS BY WAY OF A BLOCKCHAIN-BASED BANKNOTEJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18411079System and Related Methods for Verification and Protection of Professional License InformationJanuary 2024December 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18410830CONSTRAINTS ON OUTPUTS OF AN UNLOCKING TRANSACTION IN A BLOCKCHAINJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910YesNo
18578250BLOCKCHAIN BLOCKS & PROOF-OF-EXISTENCEJanuary 2024January 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18578249BLOCKCHAIN BLOCKS & PROOF-OF-EXISTENCEJanuary 2024January 2026Abandon2401NoNo
18407937SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING TRANSACTIONSJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18406519METHOD FOR ISSUING FAN TOKEN BASED ON BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK AND BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM USING THE SAMEJanuary 2024March 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18404158REMOTE COMMANDS USING NETWORK OF TRUSTJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1420NoNo
18404558METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONSOLIDATING, DISTRIBUTING AND INTEGRATING ISSUER INFORMATION FOR A VOTING ENTITYJanuary 2024April 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18401781BLOCKCHAIN AGNOSTIC TOKEN NETWORKJanuary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18402547Managing Smart Contracts Using a Distributed LedgerJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1700YesNo
18397331HYPER-PERSONALIZED IDENTITY-BASED FINANCIAL SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2025Allow1920YesNo
18395665METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONALLY TRACING ANONYMOUS TRANSACTION BASED ON SECRET SHARINGDecember 2023February 2026Abandon2620YesNo
18395578Dynamic Multi-Party Computation for Securely Utilizing and Storing a Secret Data-ItemDecember 2023May 2025Allow1600YesNo
18534751PAYER-CONTROLLED PAYMENT PROCESSINGDecember 2023March 2024Allow300NoNo
18530588DIGITAL TRANSACTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD WITH A VIRTUAL COMPANION CARDDecember 2023October 2025Abandon2301NoNo
18526576SERVER AND PLATFORM FOR VERIFYING BLOCKCHAIN-RELATED RELIABILITY IN INTEGRATIVE MANNER AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAMEDecember 2023February 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18525661BLOCKCHAIN-BASED ASSET AUTHENTICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSNovember 2023March 2024Allow400NoNo
18523094INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSET FRACTIONAL PAYMENT SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2023January 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18514416SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AUTHENTICATIONNovember 2023February 2026Allow2730NoNo
18511963PAYMENT CARD WITH SECURE ELEMENT AND REPLENISHABLE TOKENSNovember 2023August 2025Allow2110NoNo
18510093CRYPTOGRAPHIC DIGITAL MEDIA AUTHENTICATION AND PROTECTION PROTOCOLNovember 2023February 2026Abandon2710NoNo
18559773MULTI-PARTY BLOCKCHAIN ADDRESS SCHEMENovember 2023February 2026Allow2701NoNo
18503218User Registration Based on Unsupervised Learning ClassificationNovember 2023July 2025Allow2120NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 3698.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
104
Examiner Affirmed
74
(71.2%)
Examiner Reversed
30
(28.8%)
Reversal Percentile
31.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
198
Allowed After Appeal Filing
55
(27.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
143
(72.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
26.0%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 27.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 3698 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 3698 is part of Group 3690 in Technology Center 3600. This art unit has examined 1,552 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 67.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 3698's allowance rate of 67.6% places it in the 26% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 3698 receive an average of 2.81 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 94% percentile). The median prosecution time is 33 months (in the 38% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.